CEVA Links Cognitive Supply Chain to Holiday Season Rewards
CEVA is a multi-billion dollar global supply chain management company that works with some of the busiest retailers in the business. We’re responsible for everything from contract logistics to freight management, packing and shipping, and all on a global scale. Our business is much more than simply moving things from A to B. We operate […]
Refining Transformation in the Oil & Gas Industry with Cognitive
For large organizations, embarking on digital transformations can be challenging during even the best of times. But the severe downturn in commodity prices over the past three years has made transformations for oil & gas (O&G) companies, in particular, more crucial and increasingly complex. When the need to drive cost savings and increase value creation […]
Five Emerging Trends in Technology Support Services
In recent years, the field of technology support has evolved rapidly to catch up with disruptive services technologies. In the meantime, technology innovation has led to fundamental changes in how support services are delivered. We highlight the following five technology trends expected to drive the evolution of the technology support services industry, and to shape […]
Getting the World Quantum Ready
The world took a big leap forward toward quantum computing readiness, today. A dozen international organizations representing Fortune 500 companies, academia, and the government joined the newly minted IBM Q Network. Together, we are committed to exploring scientific and commercial applications of quantum computing, leveraging IBM’s recently-announced 20-qubit commercial system – and, soon, our next-generation […]
Doing Well By Doing Good
Communities around the globe face an overwhelming number of intractable problems –from income inequality to climate change, to job creation and the spread of deadly and incurable diseases. No one sector – whether government, business, academia or civil society – can tackle today’s challenges all by itself. All sectors must work together, and all must […]
Open APIs for Open Banking: How Poland’s Alior Bank Does It
The banking industry is going through a technological revolution on a mass scale, as more clients turn to digital channels. With fewer visits to bank branches and fewer transactions made over the counter, financial operations have gone digital. This shift has led to the growth of FinTechs, technology companies which are increasingly expanding into financial […]
How to Accelerate the Use of AI in Organizations
Open any business publication or digital journal today, and you will read about the promise of AI, known as artificial or augmented intelligence, and how it will transform your business. The fact is, AI will not only transform your entire business, whether you are in health care, finance, retail or manufacturing, but it will also […]
‘Ask Mercedes’ – The End of the Car Manual As We Know It
“How do I turn on my rear defroster?” and “What type of fuel does this car need?” are the kinds of questions that can send new car owners diving into glovebox for the car manual. Or, they simply start pressing random buttons, hoping for the best. Those days, however, may be over. Daimler AG and IBM have jointly developed the virtual assistant, “Ask […]
The Importance of Creating a Culture of Data
Using and exploiting artificial intelligence (AI), is a goal for many enterprises around the world. Of course, before you can begin working with the cognitive technology, a number steps have to be taken. For starters, AI requires machine learning and machine learning, requires analytics. And to work with analytics effectively, you need a simple, elegant […]
Forging Secure, Real-Time Open Banking for Faster Services
The banking industry is going through a technological revolution as clients use products and processes over digital channels on a mass scale. With fewer visits to bank branches and fewer transactions made over the counter, financial operations have gone digital. This shift has led to the rise of FinTechs, who are increasingly expanding into financial […]
Hiring the Vet in the 21st Century
Throughout our 106 year history, IBM has made a concerted effort to hire military veterans around the globe. In addition to bringing a high level of maturity, discipline, experience and leadership to the job, veterans are also collaborative and communicative. And they’re also used to working together to accomplish a greater objective. These are ideal […]
Expand Free Trade by Enhancing Digital Trust
Free trade has been an enduring goal of the international community for more than a century. Despite broad technological progress, modern transaction systems remain heavily burdened by antiquated practices. This creates “friction” that slows global commerce and hinders service delivery of all kinds. Banks, for example, still issue letters of credit to importers, a practice […]